Cardamom

Scientificly/popular name: This tropical tree is most known in the Arab countries. Its Latin name is Elettaria cardamomum or Elletaria major. In common language, it is called cardamomum, cardamon, cardamom or Java cardamon/cardamom. The seeds of this tree may be used to aromatize your tea or coffee. They have a slightly peppered taste.

Medical uses: You can use cardamom as infusion, tincture or decoction. They increase your appetite, but they are also good in fighting bronchitis, bile blockings, breathing problems. They may also improve your liver with certain diseases.

Usual dishes: In the Far East, cardamom is often used in meals; almost every time in order to condiment them or even preserve them. So, as a consequence, there are a lot of recipes that use cardamom. More, the seeds may be used in producing bitter.

Contraindications: As the experts say, cardamom seeds are not recommended to those that suffer from bile diseases.

Who can use it: By tradition, men use cardamom the most, as they are those that consume the most coffee in the Far East countries. Still, a woman can consume it without any problems.

Active principles: Cardamom gives very nice smelling oil, used in beauty treatments and as a skin tonic. Actually, cardamom acts like a general tonic, creating a good, positive, mood, but be aware: it also gives you a dreaming kind of state, especially when combined with coffee or tea. Of course, you can easily feel the added condiment. You cannot miss the cardamom in the food, either, especially because it provides you with a better appetite and a better digestion.

Impulse: Cardamom seed produce a good mood, along with a tonic stream that makes your organism feel better. This kind of action is a lot similar to other natural aphrodisiacs.

Cardamom Recipes